Riverside police officer is shot to death

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Riverside and Los Angeles —
Ryan Bonaminio walked into Ramona High School as a shy, greenhorn freshman and left as a Marine Corps ROTC platoon leader, charging head-on into the U.S. Army and two tours in Iraq before returning to his hometown and his dream job.

But his career as a Riverside police officer was cut short. Bonaminio, who would have celebrated his 28th birthday Thanksgiving Day, was shot and killed Sunday night next to a dark roadside by an unidentified suspect who remains at large.

"He was a good kid. It's a big loss to this community, especially when you're talking about someone who went into harm's way in a combat zone, then came home to protect your city and gets killed in his own backyard,'' said Sgt. Major Henry David Jr., his ROTC instructor. "It's pretty tough to deal with.''

Bonaminio, a four-year police officer, was on routine patrol about 9:45 p.m. when, with lights and siren on, he tried to pull over a stolen semi-truck believed to be involved in an earlier hit-and-run accident near the 60 Freeway. The driver of the trailerless cab sped down Market Street before pulling over in front of Riverside's Fairmount Park and running down a grassy field.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-riverside-officer-20101109,0,3903510.story

[Mortos]

1. A true hero.

My thoughts are with his family and fellow officers.

[emilyg]

2. RIP

[XemaSab]

3. Massive bummer.

:(

[ashleyforachange]

4. So sad...

My thoughts to the love ones in this diffcult time.

[proteus_lives]

5. RIP and Godspeed to Officer Bonaminio

:patriot:

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[Supply Side Jesus]

7. I've posted Cops deaths before

and they were relocated to state forums.

apparently the death of an officer isn't news worthy enough to some

[proteus_lives]

10. DU is not LEO friendly. Sad fact.

[boppers]

16. LEO is not DU friendly. Sad fact.

Been shot in the head with a beanbag lately?

[proteus_lives]

18. Have you?

[boppers]

19. Nope. I prefer not to be blind.

This is why protests figure out ways to evade "law and order" groups.

[ileus]

24. I have doezens of LEO friends.....

sure some of them are dicks....but if you had to put up with the shit some asses insist on giving them you would be to.


My personal hope is the LEO haters get theirs.

[Democat]

8. This is very sad.

I hope they catch the person who ended this man's life.

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[Pavulon]

11. Nice. Man this place can be a fucking slum sometimes.

guy was trying to recover a stolen vehicle. Would you kill a man for a car?

[TicketyBoo]

12. Maybe

he has.

[TK421]

14. what was said there? I would like to know

[proteus_lives]

15. He said maybe the person who killed the officer was actually reaching for their taser.

[boppers]

17. Ouch.

Well sculpted point. Maybe he should get two years. With time served.

[bemildred]

13. RIP.

Hope they catch the guy.

[boppers]

20. +1 eom

[Codeine]

21. This murder took place three blocks from my house.

I was actually pulled over a few months back by Officer Bonaminio for speeding. Even at 5AM he was a nice guy, gave me a warning and let me head off to work. Dude was just investigating a hit-and-run, and died for it.

The know-nothings who are making anti-cop hay out of his death should be ashamed, but they obviously lack that capacity.

[bemildred]

22. Suspect arrested in slaying of Riverside police officer

He is being held on suspicion of murder and parole violation.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/suspect-arrested-in-slaying-of-riverside-police-officer.html

[bemildred]

23. Riverside officer's gun may have killed him

The Riverside police officer killed Sunday night may have been shot with his own gun after he chased down the driver of a stolen big rig and fought with him in a city park, authorities said Tuesday.

Witnesses told detectives they saw the officer and driver in an altercation in Fairmount Park seconds before shots were fired. The man fled the scene in the semi-truck, escaping about a minute before other officers arrived to find Officer Ryan P. Bonaminio lying mortally wounded on the grass.

Bonaminio's gun was not recovered, and investigators said it was unclear if he fired his weapon. Det. Ron Sanfilippo said it's "very possible" that the suspect was able to get Bonaminio's gun and shot him with it.

"We're looking into that," he said, "but we don't know for sure."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1110-riverside-officer-20101110,0,1920145,full.story